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Malaysia attorney-general's office says house arrest bids must go to pardons board

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Malaysia 's attorney-general's office says petitions for prisoners to serve their sentences under house arrest must be submitted to the pardons board chaired by the country's king.

Najib is serving a six-year jail sentence for corruption linked to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal.

The Court of Appeal is set to hear on Jan. 6 a bid by Najib to overturn a lower court decision in July .

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